Canada May Face
National Election
As Scandal Grows

MONTREAL -- Canada's Liberal government, shaken by a long-simmering spending scandal, could fall next month, setting up the country's second national election in a year.

Public support ratings for the Liberals have plunged amid fresh allegations that funds from a controversial federal public-relations campaign in Quebec -- launched after the French-speaking province nearly voted to pull out of Canada in 1995 -- were funneled into...